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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    Wanted leaders: When the Chase is Up

    What happens when famous fugitives hand themselves in?

  2. Two Years of the Syria Story

    We talk to the journalists telling the story of the conflict

  3. Memories of Hugo Chavez

    Meeting and reporting on the larger than life Venezuelan president.

  4. Reporting Kenya's elections

    Hopes and fears for Kenyans as the elections approach.

  5. Drug ballads in Mexico

    Narco corridos - the music of Mexico's drug cartels.

  6. Launching 麻豆社 Urdu TV

    Behind the scenes with 麻豆社 Urdu's all-woman TV team

  7. Spotlight on Brazil

    Reporting tragedy and celebration - a journalist reflects on a week of extremes in Brazil

  8. Egypt's d茅j脿 vu?

    Curfews, battles in Tahrir and angry speeches from the president. What year is it again?

  9. Reporting the truth in Nigeria

    Following more attacks in Nigeria, we ask how a reporter finds the truth behind the events

  10. Reporting Mali

    As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for 麻豆社 Africa?

  11. Sri Lanka: Stories from the frontline

    Tamil and Sinhala perspectives on reporting Sri Lanka's civil war

  12. Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma

    How to cover a tragedy with an unnamed victim: reporting on the Delhi gang-rape and murder

  13. 29/12/2012

    Looking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections

  14. 22/12/2012

    A Palestinian journalist's story of growing up in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp

  15. 15/12/2012

    Inside the world of obituaries: how journalists prepare for breaking bad news

  16. 08/12/2012

    A deity in the dock? How holy Hindu Gods can be called into court

  17. 01/12/2012

    My Kaduna: Hausa journalists reflect on the growing violence of their Nigerian hometown

  18. 24/11/2012

    Rebels abound on the Fifth Floor

  19. 17/11/2012

    Tragedy in Gaza for a 麻豆社 Arabic reporter

  20. 10/11/2012

    Shut out of the Party: Covering Beijing's big political Congress without a visa

  21. 03/11/2012

    Reporting Rakhine's unrest: tough challenges for 麻豆社 Burmese and neighbouring Bengali

  22. 27/10/2012

    Reporting Lebanon: a day shift in Beirut and a lifetime of conflict in your country

  23. 20/10/2012

    The fall of Gaddafi: a Libyan journalist gives an insider's view on how the 麻豆社 covered it

  24. 13/10/2012

    Malala on the 麻豆社 and the duty of care dilemma: how far can journalists protect a source?

  25. 06/10/2012

    Perfecting the art of arguing - how can you pack a bigger punch in a Presidential debate?

  26. 29/09/2012

    What's behind the words? The pitfalls and perils of translating world leaders.

  27. 22/09/2012

    How do reporters in the field handle - or even escape - their government minders?

  28. 15/09/2012

    The secret lives of Pakistan's ISI wives - a satirical take on their catty shenanigans

  29. Reporting Beslan

    Reporting Beslan: two journalists remember the most dramatic experience of their careers

  30. 01/09/2012

    Translating the Paralympics Games - the challenges of reporting disability in 27 languages

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